Titanic Refusal of Help Seen By Senate Panel
Washington April 22 a possible救救 ship five miles away could have saved all aboard the Titanic but failed to aid. J Boxhall Titanic fourth officer testified the unknown vessel approached but did not respond to rockets signals or Morse transmissions. Cap Smith and others nearby said relief ship was seen signaling repeatedly. Senate committee hearings continued with Vice President and J Bruce Ismay telegrams concerning Cedric and Carpathia arrivals. The next session was scheduled.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Investigating Committee
J. Boxhall
Boxhall
Smith
Ila
Titanic
Franklin
Carpathia
New York
J. Bruce Ismay
Ismay
Senate
Steel Combine Money Trust Is Real Power in U S Railroads
Washington reports the Stanley steel investigation committee labels the steel corporation the real money trust. It controls more than ten of eighteen billion dollars invested in U S railroads and links with banks, trust firms, life insurers, and various transport and terminal companies totaling over 17.7 billion in railroad and industrial investments.
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Washington
United States
Steel Corporation
Stanley Steel Investigation Committee
Real Money Trust
53 Bodies Recovered By Ship After Titanic Disaster
Halifax reports late today that the cable steamer MacKay Bennett has recovered 53 Titanic victims. Some bodies will be buried at sea unless identified. a second steamer is prepared to continue search. The Minia carries coffins and iron for unidentified burials and will rendezvous with MacKay Bennett to relay updates.
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Halifax
N. S
MacKay-Bennett
MacKay- Bennett
Minia
Young Cheyenne Couple Elopes Tie Knot in Denver
Evelyn Post and Roy Miner, both from Cheyenne, eloped to Denver and sought a judge to wed. Judge Gavin, amused and willing, marries the pair after a brief, informal ceremony witnessed by a cheery group of court attaches. Roy Miner works as a trainman for the C and S line, with Evelyn popular in her social circle.
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Evelyn Post
Roy Mirer
Cheyenne
Denver
Justice Qavin
Roy Miner
Evelyn Pout
Gavin
Mrs. Miner
Roy A. Miner
Denver Democrats Nominate John M Hunter for Mayor
Denver city Democrats nominate John M Hunter for mayor at the April 22 convention in the auditorium with Col John S Irby introducing him. The platform pledges eight years of city administration and lists other nominations including Sheriff Hamilton Armstrong, Auditor Fred W Bailey, Treasurer John H Hesse, and Recorder Katherine Williamson.
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Denver
Democrats
John B. Hunter
Colo
John Munter
John 8. Irby
Hunter
T. J. McDee
Manning Ao
Ted
Hamilton Armstrong
Joel W. Shackelford
Fred W Bailey
John H Hesse
Thomas M. Hunter
Katherine Williamson
W. P. Horan
Frederick W. Sanborn
Ira Rothgerber
Juvenlig
Cornelius J. Gavins
The Slaying of Mrs Jenkins and a Mormon Love Twist
Authorities hold Warren Jenkins as a suspect in the murder of his wife amid a new theory involving a Salt Lake City Mormon in love with two women, including Mrs Jenkins and another titled Governor Richards’ daughter. The case remains open with detectives seeking corroborating evidence.
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Warren Jenkins
Jenkins
Salt Lake City
Richards
Richard
Page
Frontier Days Dates Changed
Frontier show executive committee revised celebration dates to August 14 15 16 17 with a week earlier schedule and advises distant relatives and friends of the new days.
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The
Frontier Show
High Scion of Nobility Sent to State Lunatic Asylum
James B Twedell, linked to English nobility, was taken to Evanston state insane asylum by Marshal Scruggs. A former Lewiston Montana ranch worker, he served in the South African War and holds three royal medals for gallantry. He traveled through 21 states last year, keeps a detailed diary, and suffers a head wound above the eye.
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Cokeville
James B&b. Twedell
Evanston
Marshall Scruggs
Twedell
England
Lewiston
Mont
N. PF
Nelson
Queens
Troops at Fort Russell Prepare for Possible Move
Signal corps received a hurry order to pack all equipment for immediate action. Troops began packing at ten this morning and expect orders today for infantry cavalry and artillery to move toward the Mexican line amid rising tension.
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Signal Corps
Tornado kills six in Newbern Georgia region
A tornado struck Newbern Georgia on April 22 killing six people and wounding about twenty four. The disaster leveled homes and left dead livestock in its wake as rescuers searched for survivors.
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Newbern
Emery letter urges good roads cooperation in Laramie County
Laramie County Good Roads Association, led by President Bb. L Emery, asks county commissioners to place finger boards on county roads and to connect the Transcontinental route with western counties. The letter cites Wyoming statutes and notes Sweetwater County already ordered signs.
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EL Emery
County Board
Good Roads Co-Operation
Laramie County
Laramie
Sweetwater County
Bb. L. Emery
Laramie County Good Roada Association
Board of County Commissioners
Bia County
Tornado Kills and Injures Hundreds Across Southern Illinois
A powerful tornado sweeps through Illinois and Indiana Sunday night, killing at least 72 and injuring nearly 200 with 100 families left destitute. Major damage hits Bush Willisville Murphysboro Campus Kankakee and Morocco with dozens of homes destroyed and state relief requested.
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Chicago
Ill
Ulinois
Madiaha
Bush
Williaville
Murphysboro
Campus
Freeman
Kankakee
Tlllnois
Morocco
Indiana
Deneen
Dickson
Ilinois
Bueh
Marion
All
Willisville
Ind
Murphysboro Tornado Toll Rises Across Illinois
In Murphysboro Illinois George Meade died from injuries while a woman and two children of forty one brought from Bush died in hospital. Two men were reported dead at Freeman and a child of Thomas Taylor was killed as a storm tore through Hamilton county demolishing fourteen houses. Bush residents lost five in a home of Campbell at Iron Mountain.
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Murphysboro
Ill
George Meade
Bush
Freeman
Thomas Taylor
Hamilton County
Illinois
Poreman Campbell
Iron Mountain
100 000 Flood Victims Gather in Camps
Nearly 100000 people from flooded Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi are in state and government camps. A report says 500 Black residents in box cars near Stateville Mississippi face starvation as floods trap them. The government plans to feed flood sufferers for 42 days at ten thousand dollars daily. Stimson sought 207121 extra for the commissary. Congress had already approved 212879.
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New Orleans
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Stoteville
Miss
Washington
Stimson
Congress
Woodrow Wilson Gains in Votes at Baltimore Convention
Washington D C April 22 Wilson gains two more delegates boosting total to 150—forty five ahead of rivals. Illinois awards two Wilson delegates equaling Clark of Wisconsin. nationwide tally shows Wilson leading with 158 delegates to Clark 105 Marshall 30 Harmon 0.
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Woodrow Wilson
Baltimore
Washington D. C
Imnois
Wilson
Tllinois
Clark
Wiswonaln
Marshall
Harmon
Philippines
Maine
Strikebreaker Found Guilty of Second-Degree Murder
Boulder Colorado April 22 jury convicts William T Adams the strike breaker in the Monarch mine guard killing of William Bashford. Verdict: murder in the second degree with punishment from ten years to life in the state penitentiary.
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Boulder
Colo
William T. Adams
William Bashford
Monarch Mine
Marshall
State Penitentiary
Federal officials avert strike of railway engineers for time
Federal mediators issued friendly offices to halt a potential nationwide railway engineers strike east of Chicago and north of the Norfolk and Western. Despite managers of fifty railroads refusing an eighteen percent wage raise, Chief Warren Stone warned a strike could begin within thirty six hours. The Commerce Court's A Knapp and Labor Commissioner Nadine Nall urged a settlement to avoid calamity, while Stone delayed actions pending federal talks.
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New York
Chicago
Norhilk and Western Railroad
Tt Ie
Warren Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
A. Knapp
United States Commerce Court
Ch Pr Nall
Labo Verled
Waab
Stow
J. Stuart
Ranrom Hahogers
Genee
Stone
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